The Dark Voice

Hand to Hand Combat Tome, another precious guideline revealed to the Dark Jedi

Dark Voice Correspondant Odin Vaaj Bruth'Kothae
A small transport shuttle with a Dark Voice identification on its body flew on its route to a Dragon class skirmisher, "The Fallen Spear" that orbiting smoothly at Antei's space. The only passenger there, DJK Odin Vaaj Bruth'Kothae, a DV staff had received an order from his Tribune to meet the Deputy Grand Master of the Brotherhood directly in the skirmisher. Dark Side Adept Muz Keibatsu Sadow generally used the Fallen Spear as his primary mode of transportation, on his official duties for the Brotherhood, to run quietly on diplomatic assignments and inter-clan transport of brotherhood materials, as for this time, the meeting would occur.

After receiving the pass permit, the small shuttle landed safely on the hangar. The Knight exited from his transport, welcomed by an officer to ally him on his way. After a while, Odin finally arrived at the Deputy Grand Master's board office. He bowed low, his heart pounding in wonder about the thing they would like to discuss in the meeting. He had not received any tagged topic yet, and it seemed Muz was alone in his office.

The Knight gathered his courage to speak and greeted, "Greetings Your Excellency, I have received an order to meet you in my duty as the DV staff. What can I do at your service?"

The Dark Side Adept noticed his minion, and offered a seat.

"Yes, it is about the tome of hand to hand combat," Muz said calmly," I think you have already heard about that before, since I've mentioned a little of it in our last meeting."

The Knight nodded, taking a recorder from its place inside his robe and placing it on the table," Do you mind for this tool, sir?"

"Not at all"

"Thank you...and well," Odin cleared his throat before continuing , "You've made a name for yourself in the Antei Combat Centre and the Brotherhood before with the Lightsaber Holocron. Recent reports have told us that a Hand to Hand combat Guide has been completed as well."

Muz leaned back in his chair, smiling faintly. "Yes, the hand to hand guide was recently completed. It took quite a bit longer than expected, to be sure. Xanos and I had plans on working on it ever since the saber guide was released. It took a good long time to assemble the team I needed to get a good understanding of these arts into a format Shin'ichi, Macron, Erinyes and I could use."

"All the same, I'm sure it will have proven worth the wait." Odin continued, eying the recorder on the table, making sure that the battery still had enough charge. "What sort of arts can we expect to learn about in the guide?"

"There's martial forms from every corner of the universe, and we wanted to cover as many as we could, naturally." Muz leaned forward, a vicious edge flavoring his tone as he spoke. "But there's a lot of martial arts which frankly, are worthless. So we focused on the most effective schools, from Dulon and the Jedi's Broken Gate form to the Bothan Jeswandi, the all-too-popular Teras Kasi, and even the Noghri Stava and Gungan Paonga."

Odin twitched momentarily. "The Gungans, sir?"

"You'd be surprised how hard it is to deal with the Gungans when you have to fight them hand to hand. They're quite flexible and strong, and Paonga plays to that." The Keibatsu watched the reporter try to assimilate that idea despite years of stereotypes. "At any rate, having more information about more martial arts, and specifically the arts that our opponents may use, will help the Brotherhood in giving us a distinct advantage in training."

"How will our members learn these arts? Will it be through the Holocron and tomes only?"

"Well, at this time, the guide helps people learn the basics of the art. This helps people figure out what arts that would suit them the best. They still would have to seek out training on their own, for the time being."

Odin leaned forward, scratching his chin. "Only for the time being?"

Muz smiled. "The Seneschal's office has been working to find trainers for the various arts in the hopes of hiring them on to teach people these arts, so that they don't have to go gallivanting around the universe to learn how to fight."

"And are there already plans as to where these teachers would set up shop?"

"There's already plans to house several of them in one of the campuses on Lyspair, and there's talk as to opening a small academy on Antei, near the Combat Centre." The Adept nodded.

Odin paused for a moment, his mind racing as he thought things through, trying to think what other questions the readers might have. "Do you think that these academies will be in place so that the members will be able to use this knowledge to their advantage over the next vendetta?"

"I don't know." Muz rested his elbows on the table, the tips of his fingers touching in a pyramid shape. "Seeking masters is a difficult process. And while I have faith in the Seneschal's office to comb the universe and find some to come with us, I'm not so sure that they will have the facilities up and running quite so quickly."

"Well, I'm sure that once everything is in place, it will prove a great asset to the Brotherhood." Odin stood slowly, lifting the recorder off of the table. "I am sure that you have more pressing matters to attend to, and I thank you for your time."

"Any time."

The DV staff bowed at the Deputy Grand Master before turning on his heels to be back to his shuttle. He was glad for accomplishing his task, and in his recorder there was a valuable information for the entire Brotherhood to improve their skills in combat. Smiling to himself, he headed his shuttle back to Antei, in order to report to the Dark Voice Tribune as soon as possible.